DHL Express invests Eur 4.2 mln in new French Flevy site
International courier DHL Express, a subsidiary of German postal services provider Deutsche Post, has started the construction of its new site in Flevy, Moselle department, northeastern France, it was reported on May 3, 2005.
DHL has invested a total 4.2 mln euro (USD5.39 mln), including for the land, in this new site, which will have a staff of some 100 employees. The new site should become operational as of September 1, 2005. The activities in the Flevy site will cover all the services offered by DHL including messages, express and road shipment in a unique site covering 27,500 sq m, where at first some 4,000 sq m, dedicated to loading platforms and 1,000 sq m to offices, will be set up. DHL has five other sites across the Moselle department.
The announcement about the 100 jobs to be created in Flevy should not let us neglect the fact that within DHL is running a restructuring programme in the last one year and the company has planned to cut some several hundreds jobs, French trade union CFDT representative within DHL Express Francois Darras, said.
